Garment



Nov. 8, 1927.

J. SCHNEIDER GARMENT Filed May '4. 1923 Patented Nov; 8, 1227.

near 'rra JULIUS SCHNEIDER, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA. i

GARMENT,

Application filed May 4,

The invention relates to garments, and has for its object to provide agarment which may be easily and quickly converted to a bifurcated typeof garment thereby allowing a long coat to be converted to a bifurcatedsuit. which is particularly adaptedfor use by mechanics, and the garmentto be used as overalls.

A further object is to provide a'convertible garment wherein the legsare formed in such a manner when'they are unbuttoned vertically, theoveralls may be converted into a skirt type of overall.

A further object is to construct the leg forming portions of the garmentin a man ner whereby when the device is formed into a bifurcatedgarment, the front part of the legs of the garment will be formed froma' double thickness of material, thereby protecting the knees andstrengthening the legs at a point where the maximum strain takes placein the legs.

A further object is to provide a convertible garment convertible from askirt type of garment to a bifurcated type of garment, said garmentbeing entirely slit up its front and partially split up its back, theback por-v tions formed by the split being adapted to be drawn aroundthe legs between the legs and buttoned around the legs to the outside ofthe legs.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of the garment showing thesame in skirt form. Figure 2 1s a front elevation of the gar mentshowing the same formed into overalls.

' Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a skirt convertible to knickerbockers.

Figure 5 is a view in elevation showing the skirt after it has beenformed into knickerbockers.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a coat, 2 the frontthereof, which front is split for its vertical length at 3.

1923. Serial Nae-36,599.

The side 4 of the front o verlaps the side 5 for forming a suit ofoveralls, the buttons 10 are unbuttoned and the flaps 11 are passedinwardly between'the legs, after which the portions 12 of the backformed by the split 8 are drawn forwardly between the legs and thenwrapped around the forward sides of the legs over the portions 11 andare secured to the buttons13, thereby forming the legs 9, the forwardsides of which are formed from a double thickness of material as shownin Figure 8. If so desired the garment adjacent its lower end maybeprovided with straps 14, which straps when the legs are formed may beutilized for bracing the lower ends of the legs where considerablestraintakes place. The rear sideof the garment is provided withhorizontally disposed sphts 15, which are normally closed by means ofbuttons 16, however the buttons 16 are unbuttoned when the device isformed mto a bifurcated garment as shown in Figure 2, and when theportions 12 are drawn between the legs'and Wrapped around the I forwardsides thereof the button holes 17 which receive the buttons '16 arereceived by the buttons 18 and the button holes 19 in which the buttons10 are disposed receive the buttons 13, thereby allowing the garment tobe easily formed into overalls, and at thesame time the legs 9 to beformed on their forward sides with double thicknesses of material. Thedevice is particularly adapted for use by automobilist-s, who use whatis known as clusters which clusters could be easily and quicklyconverted into overalls when desired.

' Referring to Figures at and 5 wherein a skirt 20 is shown. the skirtis split at 21 entirely up its backside, and partially split at 22 upits front side. When it is desired to form the skirt into.knickerbockers as shown in Figure 5 the rear side of the skirt isunbuttoned or opened by unbuttoning the buttons 23, then wrapping theportions 24: forwardly between the legs and around the legs, after whichthe buttons 25, which norbuttons 27 on the rear side of the skirt, asclearly shown in Figure 5, thereby forming knickerbockers. I

From the above it will be seen that a convertible garment is provided,which is simple nconstructmn, and one 'WhlCh may be easily and quicklyconverted from a skirt type garinentto a bifurcated garment, such forinstance, as from a conventional form of automobile duster to voveralls.v

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isA garment, said garmentextending from theshouldersto the ankles ofawearer and the first mentioned slit, all of said slits merging togetheradjacent the crotch of the wearer, said horizontally disposed slitsformin'g flapsadapted to encircle the legs of the wearer forwardly,outwardlyand rearwardly and securing means carried by opposite sides of the lowerend of the garment to which the ends of the flaps may be attached.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JULIUS SCHNEIDER.

in communication with the upper endof' V

